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5 Things You Need To Know Today: Sept. 8

Flyers football, 17th Annual Wheeler Cup today, car wash with cheerleaders, and Sweet Spot Frozen Yogurt all featured in today's column.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. Framingham will travel to Natick today for the 17th Annual Wheeler Cup. The U14 girls will play at 3 p.m. The U14 boys at 4 p.m. The Flyers girls soccer team will battle Natick High at 6 p.m. and the boys varsity teams will play ay 8 p.m. 2.The Framingham Youth Cheerleaders, A-team, are holding a fundraising car wash today at Herb Connolly Chevrolet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $5 per car. The 8th grade cheer squad is raising money to pay for choreography for their team competition. The cheerleaders already held a bake sale. Stop by & tell them Framingham Patch sent you. 3. The U.S.S. Constitution …

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Cheryl Tully Stoll

11:07 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012

We tried it yesterday as well and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I just have to find new routes home so I'm not tempted to stop too often.   more ›

Selectmen, General Chemical Have Conversation Over Abandoned Buildings

And 5 other things you missed from Tuesday's Selectmen's meeting.

A series of inspections of the five abandoned buildings owned by General Chemical was conducted. At the last Selectmen's FACES, an local organization, appealed to the Board of Selectmen to do something about the safety risks posed by these buildings. Vegetation around the buildings have been cleaned up and one building in particular is being closely examined. “General Chemical is open to a conversation about taking the buildings down,” Town Manager Bob Halpin told Selectmen. 2. Selectmen approved a license for Sweet Spot Frozen Yogurt to open in Trolley Square. 3. Danforth Museum of Art Board of Trustees are in the process of working with the Town Manager to negotiate a lease for the Maynard Building. The lease will be presented to Town …

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